Finance Manager - Customer Marketing

Carlsberg Group; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly product allowance

Private Medical options

Life Assurance

Company bonus scheme

24/7 GP services

Enhanced pension contribution

Discounts at high street retailers

Job summary

Carlsberg Britvic is recruiting a Finance Manager – Customer Marketing to strengthen financial governance, ROI insights and investment performance. The role partners with Customer Marketing and Brand teams to drive value, manage risks, and deliver robust budgeting and forecasting.

Based in Hemel Hempstead, the role is hybrid with weekly travel to head office. You will deliver timely reporting, build strong stakeholder relationships, and drive continuous process improvements across the function.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with professional certification (CIMA/ACCA/CA).
• Advanced analytical and financial modeling skills to turn data into insights.
• Commercially minded with a strategic outlook on finance driving business performance.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication across levels of the business.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Marketing and Brand teams to improve financial control and ROI.
• Identify financial risks and opportunities, provide actionable insights.
• Lead forecasting and budgeting with clear assumptions and risk management.
• Deliver timely reports and dashboards to support decision making.
• Engage stakeholders to align delivery with long-term value creation.
• Enhance governance across investments with effective controls.
• Improve processes, systems, and reporting for efficiency and insight.
• Support integration initiatives and broader finance projects.
• Ensure finance processes are documented and embedded across the function.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Commercial mindset

Strategic thinking

Results oriented

Finance governance

Education

CIMA/ACCA/CA qualified

Job description

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Posting Date: 6 Aug 2026

Location: Hemel Hempstead, GB

Entity / company: Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company

Finance Manager - Customer Marketing

Job Title: Finance Manager – Customer Marketing

Location: Hybrid – with weekly travel to our head office in Hemel Hempstead

Job Length: Permanent – Full Time

Competitive Salary with extensive benefits :

• Monthly product allowance – alcoholic & non-alcoholic options available
• Private Medical options
• Life Assurance
• Company bonus scheme
• Access to 24/7 GP services
• Enhanced pension contribution
• Access to a range of high street discounts

Carlsberg Britvic is the largest multi-beverage supplier in the UK and is home to some of the most iconic and popular beers & soft drinks, including Carlsberg Danish Pilsner, 1664, Poretti and Brooklyn to ale favourites such as Hobgoblin and Wainwright. For soft drinks, Carlsberg Britvic’s brands include J2O, Robinsons, Tango and London Essence along with the licence rights to the Pepsi portfolio in the UK including Pepsi MAX, 7UP, poppi, Lipton Iced Tea and Rockstar Energy.

With a strong national footprint, the Carlsberg Britvic business includes 5 production facilities and 16 logistics depot’s servicing customers up and down the UK. As the Dynamic, Multi-Beverage Powerhouse, we are united by a single, consistent goal: ensuring our people thrive.

About the role:

We are now recruiting for a Finance Manager – Customer Marketing. Playing a key role for the Customer Marketing team, enhancing their return on investment, delivering insight and value, ensuring sound financial governance across the area.

Role Responsibilities:

• Partner with Customer Marketing and Brand teams to improve financial control, maximise ROI, and improve commercial decision-making.
• Identify financial risks and opportunities early, providing insight and recommendations to optimise business performance.
• Manage forecasting and budgeting activities, building robust plans with clear assumptions and risk & opportunity management.
• Deliver timely, impactful reporting and dashboards that provide clear visibility of performance and support action-oriented decisions.
• Engage stakeholders constructively to align immediate delivery needs with long-term value creation.
• Enhance financial governance across customer marketing investments, ensuring effective controls and compliance.
• Improve continuous improvement by simplifying processes, systems, and reporting, enhancing efficiency and insight across the function.
• Support integration initiatives and wider finance projects, helping embed best practice and consistency across the business.
• Ensure finance processes are documented, understood, and embedded to support effective ways of working.

Experience and Key Attributes:

• Professionally qualified accountant (CIMA, although other recognised financial qualifications will be considered)
• Advanced analytical and financial modeling skills, with the ability to turn complex data into clear, actionable insights
• Commercially minded, with a strategic outlook and an understanding of how finance drives business performance
• Motivated and results-focused, with the initiative to identify opportunities and see projects through to completion
• Solid stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across all levels of the business
• Pragmatic problem-solver, comfortable navigating ambiguity and handling complex challenges
• FMCG experience within a manufacturer or retailer environment

Our commitment to diversity equity & inclusion

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences - including those of different races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, ages, abilities, religions, and socioeconomic statuses. We actively seek to create a safe and inclusive environment for all of our colleagues, where diverse perspectives are welcomed, and inclusive practices are embedded in everything we do.

We are happy to support accessibility needs, to ensure a fair and equitable experience for all candidates, so please do let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process.

This is an exciting time to join our newly formed business – with their incredible individual history’s, innovation of products and some of the UK’s most iconic brands, Carlsberg Britvic strives to deliver the best service to our customers and consumers. We aim to make a difference, bringing together two diverse companies, our global reach enables opportunity, growth and a chance to work with some fantastic people.